coincidência
Portuguese, noun/ko.ĩ.siˈdẽ.sjɐ/
coincidência is spelled C-O-I-N-C-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coincidência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “coincidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de coincidir”.
What does coincidência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoincidence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de coincidir 2. relação de quase igualdade com algo 3. ocupação do mesmo espaço; justaposição 4. realização simultânea de dois ou mais acontecimentos; simultaneidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coincidência
- coincidências plural
- conhecidência alternative Brazil nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coincidência?
- Brazil /ko.ĩ.siˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /kõj̃.siˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [kõɪ̯̃.siˈdẽ.sjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coincidência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coincidência in Portuguese?
coincidência appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).